Helicopter transports boy with head injuries from ATV accident, Charlottesville VA
Medical EmergencyA helicopter is transporting an 11-year-old boy who was found unresponsive after an ATV accident. He has serious head injuries, including skull fractures and a significant head bleed. His condition is being stabilized as he is taken to the hospital for emergency care.
Audio|Source: UVA Helicopter Dispatch
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Transcript:
Medcom helicopter Pegasus. We're about eight minutes out. Is the PZD attending available for report? This is Dr. Woyd's, go ahead. Good evening. this is helicopter Pegasus, about an eight-minute ETA to your department, was an 11-year-old male who is coming as a trauma transfer with extensive skull fractures and an epidural head bleed. Patient was found unresponsive beside his ATV, however, the accident that caused him to be injured was unwitnessed by anyone else. Currently, he has a heart rate of 80 and his blood pressure is 116 over 69. He is on a ventilator and breathing 22 times a minute with an SPO2 of 100 percent. The patient was given sedatives and is stabilized for transfer. We'll see you in eight minutes.
Medcom helicopter Pegasus. We're about eight minutes out. Is the PZD attending available for report? This is Dr. Woyd's, go ahead. Good evening. this is helicopter Pegasus, about an eight-minute ETA to your department, was an 11-year-old male who is coming as a trauma transfer with extensive skull fractures and an epidural head bleed. Patient was found unresponsive beside his ATV, however, the accident that caused him to be injured was unwitnessed by anyone else. Currently, he has a heart rate of 80 and his blood pressure is 116 over 69. He is on a ventilator and breathing 22 times a minute with an SPO2 of 100 percent. The patient was given sedatives and is stabilized for transfer. We'll see you in eight minutes.
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Near Ray C. Hunt Dr Suite 2100, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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